On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Tom Sorensen <tsorensen at gmail.com> wrote: > I did the last major rewrite of the AdditionalRepos page, in large part > because of issues we see repeatedly on the IRC channels. The repos placed > in the "known problem" section are there for a good reason -- they replace > base packages by default, or they're poorly maintained, leading to security > issues. Or both. > > Atomic falls squarely into the former category -- it replaces key parts of > the base OS with its own packages, and it has broken yum on numerous > occasions in the process. While fixable, for most inexperienced users this > is difficult and the best way forward is a full reinstall. > > Any repo that does that, repeatedly, deserves to be placed in that section. > > > On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 10:59 PM, PatrickD Garvey < > patrickdgarveyt at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Maybe I posted this a little late on Friday for anyone to take an >> interest in suggesting a properly built search URL for the current forum >> software, so I did some experiments which led to the suggestion added below >> the copy of the previous post. >> >> On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 6:52 PM, I wrote: >> > [ >> https://www.centos.org/search.php?query=atomicorp&mid=30&action=showall&andor=AND >> forum search] returns a 404. >> > >> >> >> > Can the forum search https://www.centos.org/forums/search.php? be used >> with parameters that will provide the supporting material for the warning >> "Many CentOS users have had problems after enabling this repo"? >> > >> >> My experimentation indicates this URL: >> >> https://www.centos.org/forums/search.php?submit=Search&keywords=atomicorp+repo >> returns 13 postings that discuss to use the Atomicorp repo with less than >> satisfactory results. >> >> Do those 13 postings adequately support the admonition to use the >> Atomicorp repo only with particular care? >> > Gentlemen (Trevor and Tom), The subject of my posting is not the reliability of the "Known Problem Repositories", but the link rot in the http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories article. In the specially tagged warning commentary in the Atomic Repo section is a link to a search of the old CentOS forums that is described as providing object lessons concerning the use of the Atomic Repo, <a class="https" href=" https://www.centos.org/search.php?query=atomicorp&mid=30&action=showall&andor=AND">forum search</a>. It is no longer possible for that link to provide examples, since the forum search is not located at https://www.centos.org/search.php. I propose changing that link to https://www.centos.org/forums/search.php?submit=Search&keywords=atomicorp+repo which seems to provide some (13) examples that support the warning text. Do you agree that is a sufficient set of examples to provide or would you like to provide an alternative set of search parameters? I guess I relied too heavily on your reading my previous postings about that wiki article and how I am modifying a copy of it to replace the current article. My apologies for not making this and my other postings sufficiently internally complete for you to understand what I was doing. I hope you can answer my question from your experiences in guiding the use of other repositories, especially those with Known Problems. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-docs/attachments/20141215/03548cbb/attachment-0006.html>